Megumi Fushiguro might be quiet and brooding on the outside, but when it comes to battle, he’s one of the most brilliant and creative strategists in Jujutsu Kaisen. Behind the stoic demeanor lies a sorcerer brimming with raw talent, an ever-growing arsenal of shadow-based techniques, and a moral compass that constantly pushes him to fight harder—even when it breaks him. While Gojo himself once claimed that Megumi’s potential could even surpass his own, fans didn’t truly understand why until these explosive, harrowing, and downright jaw-dropping battles. From desperate survival matches to domain-breaking brawls, here are the Top 10 Best Megumi Fushiguro Battles That Show His True Potential—because being quiet doesn’t mean you aren’t dangerous.
#10: Megumi vs. The Finger Bearer (Detention Center Fight)
This is the first time we truly see Megumi reach into the darkness of his own soul to tap into deeper power. Trapped inside the detention center against a Finger Bearer far stronger than expected, Megumi pushes his body and technique to the brink. Despite his own fear and injuries, he sends Yuji away and prepares to make a final stand—alone. What makes this fight so impactful is the emotional weight behind it. Megumi accepts that he might die but chooses to fight anyway. And in a shocking twist, he activates a partial Domain Expansion—an incredibly advanced move that few sorcerers can pull off. It’s incomplete, raw, and unstable… but it works. The Finger Bearer is overwhelmed. This battle is the first real glimpse that Megumi isn’t just talented—he’s special.
#9: Megumi vs. Aoi Todo (Kyoto Goodwill Event)
Though brief and more of a sparring match, this clash with Aoi Todo during the Goodwill Event reveals a lot about Megumi’s combat instincts. Todo, always itching for a brawl, pounces on Megumi with relentless force. Megumi counters with sharp judgment and a surprisingly agile mix of cursed techniques and physical combat. He holds his ground, shows tactical awareness, and even earns Todo’s rare approval. While Yuji and Todo steal the spotlight in later rounds, Megumi’s skill in holding off someone as unpredictable and powerful as Todo in a head-on clash proves that he’s far more than a support fighter.
#8: Megumi and Panda vs. Kinji Hakari (Training Match)
In a non-lethal sparring match meant to test Kinji Hakari’s “unkillable” jackpot ability, Megumi pairs with Panda to push their senpai to his limits. The teamwork and sheer creativity Megumi displays—mixing shikigami with close-range attacks, trying to bait Hakari into revealing his domain mechanics—speaks volumes about how his strategic mind works. Even though the match is ultimately in Hakari’s favor, Megumi’s ability to read cursed techniques on the fly and adapt quickly in high-stakes environments shows that his genius extends well beyond flashy powers. He’s a battlefield thinker, and this friendly showdown proves he’s studying, evolving, and calculating every step.
#7: Megumi vs. Curse Users During the Kyoto Invasion
During the Kyoto Goodwill Event’s ambush, when curse users infiltrate, Megumi fights multiple opponents while protecting civilians and his fellow students. What stands out here isn’t just his technique, but his composure. He fights with restraint when needed, unleashes lethal force when pressed, and deploys shikigami with pinpoint control in tight, urban environments. It’s one of those rare situations where we see Megumi in pure combat leadership mode—acting independently, solving problems in real time, and putting himself in danger to protect others. His ability to maintain clarity and fight tactically in the chaos of ambush is something few students could handle. He’s not just powerful—he’s reliable.
#6: Megumi vs. the Cursed Spirit in the Yasohachi Bridge Arc
The Yasohachi Bridge mission is a turning point for Megumi. Alone in a dark, cursed-infested zone, he faces a deadly spirit with hallucinogenic techniques and a nasty domain. Megumi doesn’t just fight—he figures out the curse’s mechanics and constructs a counter-strategy mid-battle. When things get dire, he attempts another incomplete Domain Expansion to level the playing field. It’s more refined than before, showing that he’s been developing the skill since his fight with the Finger Bearer. Though he’s seriously injured, Megumi walks away victorious demonstrating his growth in both power and intelligence. More importantly, it’s a battle that proves he’s no longer the hesitant fighter we met in season one.
#5: Megumi vs. Reggie Star in the Tokyo No.1 Colony (Culling Game Arc)
This battle is a full-on strategic war—and the moment many fans realized Megumi was no longer just a “potential future great,” but already a lethal force. Facing Reggie Star, a curse user who manipulates receipts to summon real-world effects (like cars, weights, or entire buildings), Megumi has to fight in an apartment complex where Reggie controls the battlefield. It’s an exhausting cat-and-mouse game of summoned objects, aerial threats, and shikigami misdirection, but Megumi turns the environment against Reggie. He uses his shikigami in ingenious ways—diverting Reggie’s attention, attacking from above, and even breaking through walls to land surprise counters.
But the real showstopper is his Domain Expansion: Chimera Shadow Garden—now more refined than we saw against the Finger Bearer. In the flooded building, he traps Reggie in a space of his own making and uses shadows to attack from all sides. He even submerges himself within his shadow to fake his own death, re-emerging with brutal force to finish Reggie off. The layers of deception, the precise control, and the sheer guts it takes to unleash a Domain Expansion mid-fight all mark this as one of Megumi’s smartest and most ruthless battles to date. His victory isn’t just physical—it’s mental domination. It’s where we see Megumi finally own the chaos of combat.
#4: Megumi vs. The Grasshopper Curse
While Yuji handles the heavy hits in the Shibuya Incident, Megumi is thrown into an unexpected fight with a humanoid curse who appears more insect than man—and more insane than either. The Grasshopper Curse is fast, erratic, and smart enough to hold a conversation (a creepy one, at that). This battle shines because Megumi fights in a tight space with no backup, against a curse that leaps between walls, tunnels, and ceilings like a nightmare. But Megumi keeps up with it and outsmarts it.
He uses his shadow storage technique to hide weapons, creates complex angles using shikigami like Max Elephant and Divine Dog, and sets timed attacks that anticipate the curse’s movement. The choreography is slick, but the pace of the battle is what shows how much faster and deadlier Megumi has become. He doesn’t hesitate, doesn’t overthink—he just fights. Every move is sharp. Every technique is on cue. In the end, he defeats the curse by staying unpredictable proving that he’s more than just a tactician. He’s a natural killer when he needs to be.
#3: Megumi & Yuji vs. Special Grade Cursed Womb Brothers (Eso and Kechizu)
Technically a team battle, but one that puts Megumi’s resolve and adaptability on full display. Facing the brothers Eso and Kechizu—special grade cursed wombs with corrosive blood techniques—Yuji and Megumi are in constant danger. These aren’t curses you can touch, and one hit can melt flesh. While Yuji handles the brunt of the physical clash, Megumi masterfully supports the fight, creating openings, shielding his friend, and delivering devastating follow-up attacks. His use of Nue for aerial support, the tracking of blood attacks, and his creative positioning using shadows all prove just how good he is at managing any battlefield.
The duo’s final coordinated strike—a perfectly timed pincer that combines brute strength and shadow misdirection—is executed flawlessly. But what makes the battle memorable is what Megumi doesn’t say. He trusts Yuji with his life, adapts to a high-level fight without Gojo or supervision, and performs like a veteran sorcerer. This fight marks Megumi’s rise as someone you can bet a mission on. No hesitation. No mistakes.
#2: Megumi vs. Sukuna (Possessing Yuji’s Body)
It’s brief. It’s terrifying. And it’s one of the most important “holy crap” moments in Jujutsu Kaisen. After Yuji’s first apparent death at the detention center, Sukuna takes control of his body—and sets his sights on Megumi. What follows is a lopsided, terrifyingly unfair battle in which Megumi tries to stand up to the King of Curses himself. Despite the absurd power gap, he fights with every ounce of grit he has, deploying multiple shikigami, dodging deathblows, and even attempting to seal Sukuna within his own shadow. For a second, Sukuna actually shows interest in Megumi, which says a lot.
Sukuna doesn’t kill him. He spares him. Why? Because he sees something in Megumi—something dangerous. The fact that Megumi doesn’t break under that pressure and tries to trap a literal god using nothing but instinct and technique makes this one of the boldest, ballsiest battles in the series. It doesn’t matter that he loses. He stood in front of a monster—and moved it to curiosity. That’s power.
#1: Megumi vs. Yorozu (Heian Era Culling Game Arc)
In a fight that pushes his body, mind, and soul to their limits, Megumi—now possessed by Sukuna—is used as a weapon to fight Yorozu, a reincarnated sorcerer obsessed with the King of Curses. The battle is tragic and layered. While Sukuna is in control, it’s Megumi’s body doing the killing. His technique, his Domain Expansion, his potential is on full display—weaponized by someone else. Sukuna uses Megumi’s Ten Shadows Technique to summon a hybrid of Mahoraga and Nue—an absolutely broken fusion never before seen.
This battle isn’t just a show of raw power—it’s the theft of potential. Yorozu dies in love-struck insanity, and Megumi is left broken inside, consumed by Sukuna’s control and the blood spilled using his own hands. It’s devastating, but ironically, it’s also the clearest proof of Megumi’s monstrous power. If Sukuna—who could have taken any vessel—chose him and used his body to defeat someone as powerful as Yorozu, then Gojo was right all along: Megumi Fushiguro’s potential might be the greatest of them all.
Megumi Fushiguro’s battles aren’t about flashy finishes—they’re about grit, strategy, and terrifying potential just waiting to explode. From incomplete domains to standing his ground against Sukuna, Megumi has shown over and over again that he’s not just a prodigy—he’s a storm building strength with every fight. His journey isn’t over, and with every blow he takes and every curse he exorcises, we move closer to seeing just how unstoppable he might become.
